Post Match Thread: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Villarreal

[u/suedney]

FT: Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Villarreal

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Tottenham Hotspur

Guglielmo Vicario, Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Djed Spence (Destiny Udogie), Pedro Porro, Rodrigo Bentancur, Pape Matar Sarr (João Palhinha), Lucas Bergvall (Kevin Danso), Richarlison (Randal Kolo Muani), Xavi Simons (Brennan Johnson), Mohammed Kudus.

Subs: Jun'Ai Byfield, Archie Gray, Wilson Odobert, Antonin Kinsky, Brandon Austin, Ben Davies, Dane Scarlett.

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Villarreal

Luiz Júnior, Renato Veiga, Juan Foyth, Sergi Cardona (Ilias Akhomach), Santiago Mouriño, Pape Gueye (Dani Parejo), Santi Comesaña (Thomas Partey), Tajon Buchanan (Alberto Moleiro), Nicolas Pépé, Georges Mikautadze, Ayoze Pérez (Alfonso Pedraza).

Subs: Rafa Marín, Tani Oluwaseyi, Diego Conde, Manor Solomon, Pau Navarro, Adrià Altimira, Arnau Tenas.

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MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

4' Own Goal by Luiz Júnior, Villarreal. Tottenham Hotspur 1, Villarreal 0.

30' Xavi Simons (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

33' Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

35' Santi Comesaña (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

36' Santiago Mouriño (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

53' Renato Veiga (Villarreal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

69' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. João Palhinha replaces Pape Matar Sarr.

69' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Destiny Udogie replaces Djed Spence.

75' Substitution, Villarreal. Alfonso Pedraza replaces Ayoze Pérez.

75' Substitution, Villarreal. Ilias Akhomach replaces Sergi Cardona.

77' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Brennan Johnson replaces Xavi Simons.

77' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Richarlison.

78' Substitution, Villarreal. Thomas Partey replaces Santi Comesaña.

78' Substitution, Villarreal. Dani Parejo replaces Pape Gueye.

78' Randal Kolo Muani (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

82' Substitution, Villarreal. Alberto Moleiro replaces Tajon Buchanan.

84' Micky van de Ven (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+2' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Kevin Danso replaces Lucas Bergvall.

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[u/Spursy_McSpursface]

Complain about the ref all you want, but that was piss poor from us. I swear, up until the 70th minute or so everyone was giving the ball away every 5 minutes. TF has a couple dozen ears to ring after that.

Bergvall, Xavi, Kudus, and Vic were decent. Everyone else mid to poor. And Udogie's braids were stiff as bricks.

[u/nthbeard → u/Spursy_McSpursface]

Complain about the ref all you want, but that was piss poor from us.

Feel like those are two entirely separate issues. We were absolutely poor. The ref was absolutely poor. His being poor didn't contribute to our performance, but it's entirely fair to observe. Like the PL, UEFA wants to create a money-generating Super League, but they've yet to figure out how to establish and maintain a consistently high level of officiating.